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David Gilmour - most influential guitarist? |
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 25 May 2006 |
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This coming Sunday (May 28th) sees
the culmination of radio station Classic Rock Q107's worldwide poll to
determine the most influential guitarists of all time. David Gilmour is
in the running for top spot for his guitar work over the last four
decades for Pink Floyd, and his own solo material.
In the show on Sunday night, at
9pm, the Toronto, Canada based station reveals the top ten guitar
legends - and David is amongst them. Q107 invited music fans around the
world to vote, and the response to the poll was overwhelming. It even
grabbed the attention of Gilmour - his official website DavidGilmour.com highlighted the series and gave visitors instructions on how to participate.
Our thanks to Andrew over at Q107
for letting us know about the show. We know many of you enjoy these
sort of polls... If you cannot tune in on your radio to Q107, the show
is also available on Corus Radio Classic Rock affiliates across Canada,
and via the Q107.com website.
Here's the top 40, minus, of course, the top ten!
11) Mark Knopfler
12) Slash
13) John Fogerty
14) Brian May
15) Jeff Beck
16) Neil Young
17) Randy Rhoades
18) George Harrison
19) Keith Richards
20) Steve Howe
21) Ritchie Blackmore
22) Joe Satriani
23) Frank Zappa
24) Tony Iommi
25) The Edge
26) John Lennon
27) Steve Vai
28) Duane Allman
29) Randy Bachman
30) Joe Perry
31) Joe Walsh
32) Peter Frampton
33) Steve Hackett
34) Alvin Lee
35) Jeff Healey
36) Jerry Garcia
37) Rik Emmett
38) Ace Frehley
39) Lindsay Buckingham
40) Billy Gibbons
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